1st Open PDI Competition (2025/26)

26th September 2025 Gordon

The 1st Open PDI competition of the season was judged on 26th September by Adrian Hendley (CPAGB) from Colne Camera Club. With 97 images to judge on the night, Adrian’s comments were necessarily brief, but he did a good job of sticking to the times and awarded a wide range of marks, though relatively few images were held back at the end of the night.

The top scoring images are listed below.

Member Name	Title	Pts
Carol Watson	Ashleigh	20
Mike Williamson	Incoming Tide At Lytham Pier	20
Mary Kirkby	Lake Inle	19
Mike Williamson	Rattray Lighthouse, Aberdeenshire	19
Gordon Watson	The Artist	19
Carol Watson	Turning To Seed	19

The featured image for this competition is Incoming Tide At Lytham Pier by Mike Williamson, one of 2 images which scored 20pts.

Incoming Tide At Lytham Pier by Mike Williamson

1st Open PDI Image Gallery

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Leafy Love by Susan Wood — Score: 15 pts

Little Ringed Plover by Anthony Hull — Score: 16 pts

Portrait Of A Peacock by Grant Douse — Score: 16 pts

Not Quite Seaworthy by Grant Douse — Score: 17 pts

Slaters Bridge by Steve Jackman — Score: 13 pts

Flying by Pete Dugan — Score: 15 pts

Sizewell C by Keith Orr — Score: 16 pts

Tatton Deer by Karen Jackman — Score: 14 pts

Out On A Limb by Janet Coulson — Score: 16 pts

Spurn Point Groynes by Keith Orr — Score: 17 pts

Zallinger Chapel In The Dolomites by Graham Barker — Score: 14 pts

Lilac-brested Roller by Chris Taylor — Score: 16 pts

Peony Bowl Of Beauty by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 14 pts

Fast Ride by Pete Dugan — Score: 16 pts

Comma On Blackberry Leaf by Peter Parnell — Score: 16 pts

Winch Recovery by Chris Taylor — Score: 15 pts

Into The Abyss by Esther Parkinson — Score: 18 pts

Coming To Roost. by Brian Clark — Score: 14 pts

White Silk Moth by Margaret Keane — Score: 18 pts

Chinese Blossom by Joy Swarbrick — Score: 15 pts

Ready For My Close Up by Alex Early — Score: 15 pts

The Guitar Player by Margaret Keane — Score: 15 pts

Towards Blea Tarn by Christine Round — Score: 15 pts

Cattle At Rest. by David Foreman — Score: 14 pts

Hues Of Hometime by Susan Wood — Score: 15 pts

Ashleigh by Carol Watson — Score: 20 pts

Liberty by Peter Flegg — Score: 14 pts

A Taste Of Honey by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 14 pts

Wave Curl by John Walmsley — Score: 16 pts

Three In A Row by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts

Peeking Puffin by Karen Jackman — Score: 15 pts

Autumn Leaves by Peter Flegg — Score: 17 pts

Escalators Canary Wharf Underground by John Scott — Score: 13 pts

Milky Way Over Callanish by Gordon Watson — Score: 17 pts

Liyn Padarn Tree by Daryl Giles — Score: 15 pts

Powerful Performance by Brian Clark — Score: 16 pts

St Annes Old Jetty. by David Foreman — Score: 14 pts

Young Grey Heron by Mike Stanley — Score: 15 pts

Dancing On Air by Stuart Cahill — Score: 15 pts

Wings Over Windermere by Simon Ray — Score: 16 pts

Derelict by Karen Morris — Score: 15 pts

Mermaid Madness by Janet Parker — Score: 15 pts

Last Light by Eric Craven — Score: 14 pts

Ranakpur Boy by Elaine Cook — Score: 16 pts

The Beauty Of The Iguazu Falls by Mary Kirkby — Score: 16 pts

Sand Grass by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 15 pts

A View From The Pier by Peter Cotton — Score: 13 pts

Yellow Tube Sponge With Large Brain Coral by Graham Barker — Score: 18 pts

Just Doing My Stretches by Allan Lonsdale — Score: 14 pts

We Don't Talk Anymore by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 17 pts

Moored In The Mist by Alan Yardley — Score: 14 pts

King Of The Skies by Bill Breckenridge — Score: 16 pts

Reflections In Canary Wharf by John Scott — Score: 15 pts

Galleon by Janet Parker — Score: 14 pts

Preston Arrival by Peter Parnell — Score: 17 pts

Blue Dome Mykonos by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 15 pts

Aiming For A Boundary by Peter Darby — Score: 15 pts

Flying Display by Mike Halstead — Score: 16 pts

Busking by Andy Ogilvie — Score: 16 pts

We Are Ready To Go by Allan Lonsdale — Score: 16 pts

Isolated by Daryl Giles — Score: 14 pts

Three Week Old Twin Lambs by Sheila Giles — Score: 18 pts

Coming In To Land by Ian Mulroy — Score: 17 pts

St Annes War Memorial by Mike Dorrington — Score: 14 pts

Posing With Car by Steve Jackman — Score: 13 pts

Royal Danish Air Force F16 Solo Display by Anthony Hull — Score: 15 pts

Towers Of Strength by Alan Yardley — Score: 16 pts

Mount Stuart Under The Stars by Simon Ray — Score: 15 pts

Dining Room Blair Atholl Castle by Mike Halstead — Score: 14 pts

Rattray Lighthouse, Aberdeenshire by Mike Williamson — Score: 19 pts

Push Off by Dave Biggs — Score: 17 pts

Eyes On The Street by Christine Round — Score: 15 pts

Bridge Square Lancaster by Ian Mulroy — Score: 13 pts

Back Street Mykonos by Geoff Batchelor — Score: 15 pts

The Artist by Gordon Watson — Score: 19 pts

Turning To Seed by Carol Watson — Score: 19 pts

Salford Skyline by John Walmsley — Score: 18 pts

Gateway To The Mist by Elaine Cook — Score: 15 pts

Red Panda by Peter Darby — Score: 17 pts

Bird Land by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 13 pts

3 Wise Men by Jennifer Wolstenholme — Score: 13 pts

Lake Inle by Mary Kirkby — Score: 19 pts

Three Houses On The Hill by Karen Morris — Score: 13 pts

Whitby From The Abbey by Mary Woodland — Score: 15 pts

Playing I Spy by Janet Coulson — Score: 15 pts

Oak Tree by Mike Dorrington — Score: 14 pts

Autumn Reflections by Mary Woodland — Score: 14 pts

Flying On South Pier by Peter Cotton — Score: 14 pts

Incoming Tide At Lytham Pier by Mike Williamson — Score: 20 pts

Angel Kite Spiral by Stuart Cahill — Score: 17 pts

Tulips From Amsterdam by Anne Young — Score: 14 pts

Show Time by Eric Craven — Score: 13 pts

Safely Through by Sheila Giles — Score: 18 pts

Ynys Llanddwyn by Alex Early — Score: 15 pts

Ye Olde Street by Esther Parkinson — Score: 16 pts

Pollinator by Mike Stanley — Score: 16 pts

Natural Formations by Marilyn Mulroy — Score: 15 pts

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